Comments | kellyrfineman: What a lovely morning!

kellyrfineman

What a lovely morning!

Jan 18, 2010 08:54

I got up early to watch the awards online - no video, but I did have flawless audio. I was thrilled that my prediction that my friend Tanita Davis would win a Coretta Scott King honor for MARE'S WAR came to pass, that L.K. Madigan won the William Morris award for FLASH BURNOUT (WOOT!), and that I correctly predicted a Caldecott honor for Liz Garton ( Read more... )

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lkmadigan January 18 2010, 15:21:06 UTC

Thanks, Kelly!!! *still dancing*

kellyrfineman January 18 2010, 17:27:02 UTC

I am still dancing in your honor. What a wonderful, well-deserved award! (Now you have to start thinking about What Not To Wear . . . )

lkmadigan January 18 2010, 17:34:28 UTC

Haha! Plus:

... no pressure for any future books, right?

P.S. lkmadigan January 18 2010, 15:23:27 UTC

OMG, I have a tag on Kelly R. Fineman's blog!!

Re: P.S. kellyrfineman January 18 2010, 17:20:41 UTC

Dude - you've had a tag on my blog since December 2008. See? (Silly Lisa.)

jeniwrites January 18 2010, 16:18:19 UTC

Yeah, I'll bet someone in publicity at RH will get a talking-to!

I'm putting THE LION AND THE MOUSE and ALL THE WORLD (love the title) on my 10-month-old's birthday list this March. Will look forward to reading both books with her and her sister! Hope you have a wonderful day.

kellyrfineman January 18 2010, 17:23:40 UTC

THE LION AND THE MOUSE is wordless. Which is actually, in my opinion, a slight problem with the book, since it claims to be retelling the beloved Aesop fable, but it's not the one with the thorn in the paw - it's the one with the lion in the net - and I don't think all that many places/people are still reading/teaching fables to kids these days, so the assertion by an enthusiastic bookseller I know about how "it's so great because kids can tell themselves the story as they look at the pictures" doesn't ring true to me - there are places where, if you didn't already know the story, you might have a hard time sorting out what's going on. Not that the art isn't great, but I think the book only works if you truly know the story.

jeniwrites January 18 2010, 17:25:49 UTC

This is verrrryyy good to know. Thank you for telling me!

kellyrfineman January 18 2010, 17:26:17 UTC

The earlier comment was not meant to dissuade you from buying (and loving!) THE LION, just me grousing.

And ALL THE WORLD is spectacular. It still makes me tear up, even on repeat readings. The text is sneaky that way - it's lovely, and wonderful, and the illustrations are darn near perfect, and then you hit the end and suddenly find yourself far more emotional than you realized you were getting. (At least it was like that for me, and for angeladegroot as well when we each read it.)

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kellyrfineman January 19 2010, 03:32:21 UTC

"Breaking out the dancing lemur" sounds like a brilliant metaphor. Or a frightening threat.

ALA Book Awards anonymous January 18 2010, 20:21:40 UTC

Elaine M.

Kelly,

I loved all three of the Caldecott picks this year. And I was absolutely delighted that my good friend Grace Lin won a Newbery Honor Award for her book WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON!

Re: ALA Book Awards kellyrfineman January 19 2010, 03:51:46 UTC

I was excited to see Grace's honor as well - what a terrific awards day!